Archive for April 24th, 2017

On this day (in 1936) engineers from the RCA-Victor company provided the pictures/footage of firemen answering an alarm call in Camden, New Jersey. This represents the first unscheduled event to be televised as it occurred. It was shown in green tint, 5×7 inches, 24 pictures per second, on a 343-line screen.

Other “firsts” for April 24th include the following:

American naval victory in British waters during the Revolutionary War (1778)

College named after an American president (1783)

Health board established by a city (1795)

Docks owned by a state ((1863)

Organization to offer free lunches for the poor and sick (1873)

Medical society for African-Americans (1884)

African-American Catholic priest assigned to work in the United States (1886)